February 16, 2012


From practicalcats: 

I found out very recently that Stella Tennant the model is the great-niece of Stephen Tennant, noted 20s homme quaintrelle. Here is a photo of her dressed up as him. 

Sweet Christ. She looks statuesque— ethereal — almost too beautiful & androgynous; a bit as Bosie was once described.
And a historical homme quaintrelle! Reading this article about him was thrilling! “The shyness that wasn’t so much a wish not to be seen as a wish to be applauded on sight” … 

From practicalcats

I found out very recently that Stella Tennant the model is the great-niece of Stephen Tennant, noted 20s homme quaintrelle. Here is a photo of her dressed up as him. 

Sweet Christ. She looks statuesque— ethereal — almost too beautiful & androgynous; a bit as Bosie was once described.

And a historical homme quaintrelle! Reading this article about him was thrilling! “The shyness that wasn’t so much a wish not to be seen as a wish to be applauded on sight” … 

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    Thanks for introducing me to this intriguing person, this Stephen Tennant.
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